How long before it contaminates CRH?

rckymtn

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I'm sure some of you are in CRH due to 90% considered "safer" not counterfeit. Especially with high dollar coin knockoffs out there.

NOTE: Reposted from another forum for educational purposes only.

Here is some fake 90%. All are non-magnetic. Diameters are accurate, thicknesses are a little heavy. Weights are a little off (either way) but there is already a lot of variance in 90% depending on the wear. This kind of stuff could easily slide through in bags or rolls. Junk silver is not immune from Chinese counterfeiting by any stretch if the imagination.

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China= biggest organized crime ring in the world.
 

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Dawg is it marked 'cc'? If not then it most likely ain't gona be a Chinese counterfeit
 

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rckymtn

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Dawg is it marked 'cc'? If not then it most likely ain't gona be a Chinese counterfeit

By the time see whether it has a cc or not, you'll already be out the money. Say you bought a junk silver roll of Walkers or Quarters and they all came fake.. That's money gone.
 

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Does anybody know how the fakes sound? Seems like that plinky tone would be pretty hard to fake.
 

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I would buy them as long as they are toted as replicas or copies. when I told my dad about counterfeit chinese coins ohhhh did that get his danderuff up. So he didn't buy anything chinese made, except for chinese food (LOL!). Now I am wondering if I should check my silver buillion. I got it in the 80's when I was a kid. Some of them have tarnished, some haven't and those untarnished ones have made me nervous. Now I just need to find a large enough magnet. Wish me luck!!

Sincerely, Garoulady
 

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fiddy's guide to Chinese counterfeits:

1. it says COPY on it
2. its stamped CHINA
3. CC mark
4. Its magnetic

if its a counta-fit it'll match one or more of the #s, this is one way you find out so you wont througha fit.
 

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fiddy's guide to Chinese counterfeits:

1. it says COPY on it
2. its stamped CHINA
3. CC mark
4. Its magnetic

if its a counta-fit it'll match one or more of the #s, this is one way you find out so you wont througha fit.

Most comprehenced guide on da net
 

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Sounds like a magnet won't do any good. The poster already mentioned the coins were almost identical to the real thing, including being non-magnetic. Cut and paste:

2. DO NOT RELY ON A MAGNET TO DETECT A FAKE. All metals used in these fakes are non-ferrous and are all non-magnetic. Of course any silver coin that sticks to a magnet is an obvious fake. White copper is 75% copper, the remainder being nickel and zinc. Other Chinese fakes are copper and brass plated with silver.
 

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Hmm. Those coins look good to me. How much do you want for them? I call BS. Nobody is making fake 1964 quarters.

You CHR guys are a riot.
 

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Does anybody know how the fakes sound? Seems like that plinky tone would be pretty hard to fake.


Was wondering the same thing too. HH, Maverick.
 

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I'm sure some of you are in CRH due to 90% considered "safer" not counterfeit. Especially with high dollar coin knockoffs out there.

NOTE: Reposted from another forum for educational purposes only.

Here is some fake 90%. All are non-magnetic. Diameters are accurate, thicknesses are a little heavy. Weights are a little off (either way) but there is already a lot of variance in 90% depending on the wear. This kind of stuff could easily slide through in bags or rolls. Junk silver is not immune from Chinese counterfeiting by any stretch if the imagination.

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Is it just the picture but those coins honestly look like pewter.
 

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I took a class on detecting counterfeits, they are hard to tell, but many have obvious signs of being counterfeit if you know what you're looking for.
 

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Honestly I don't think we'll see many Chinese fakes of junk silver any time soon, let alone in circulation.

Just because it is -possible- doesn't mean its likely. It is very hard to accurately counterfeit silver with not-silver and then for that to really fool someone who has handled a lot of silver.
 

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hard to believe the Chinese used to be #1 in silver production i says it once and I says'n it again, in the 1700s the chinese used to have such high quality Ag, they once denied a whole british ship full of silver because it was of inferior quality. how the tides have changed.
 

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